Looking on step by step or any kind of info on how to make a simple 2 page menu in a manner that the 1st page has one 120 sec A/V (looped motion menu) a "Play All" Button and an "Select Episode" button.. Play all of course would play all clips/vids/episodes whatever one may call them & the "Select" Vid/Episode/Clip track etc. button takes me to Pg 2. On Pg 2 there is a 120 sec A/V clip (looped motion menu) & fading in on top of this menu are 4 little motion menus (60 secs vid only - no audio) of the 4 tracks/clips/vids etc. Page 2 also has a "Main Menu" button to take me back to pg 1 or the Main Menu.
Now if I click on any of these 4 little motion menus - only that whole Clip/track plays (with audio) All this I have done BUT the ONLY trouble now is that if I select any vid from Pg 2 it continues to play the every vid till the last one & then returns to Pg 1 ie: main Menu. What I would like to know is how to make a selection from pg 2 so that only that vid plays & after it ends the 2 pg appears...so I can either select another vid or go to Main Menu to Play All. Been trying to do this since Nov 19 & have searched the net to no avail.

Any help would be really appreciated as now it is over 30 days & I have exceeded the return window.

What you can do is create a Title page.

Make sure each separate video is registered as a separate track in the Source stage. If all of your videos are in the same track, they will just play one after the other like you described. Use the "Add a track" button to add tracks to your project, then add an episode to each track.

When you get to the Menu stage, you have to choose to create a Custom Menu and click "Next..."

The next screen should be the "Menu structure mode settings." Choose "Structure the menu in standard mode" and check the "Create a Title page in the Top menu" option. Click "Next..." when finished.

Next, layout your menu as you wish. Your Top Menu should have multiple thumbnails since this will be your episode selection page. Click "Next..." when finished.

Next is the "DVD menu structure setting" page. You will need a Top menu, but I'm guessing you won't need the track menu unless you want to see all of the chapters of an episode. So you would choose "Top menu only" or "Top and track menu." Click "Next..." when done.

Finally, we have the "DVD playback settings." Here you should choose "Display the top menu" for the DVD insertion action, and "Display the top menu" for the playback end action. Click "OK" when done.

And that's basically it! If you chose not to have track menus, it will be a 2 page menu almost exactly as you described. Unfortunately, after track playback, it will always go back to the 1st page (the title page) and not the episode selection page (top menu).
If this doesn't work for you, I think your only other option is to not have the title page and only have the episode selection page (top menu). Then it will always go back to the top menu after an episode is done playing.

You may have to alter some of the buttons to get the text you want ("Select Episode").

Im using a trial version of TMPGEnc Xpress, there's an filter option (under resize) to set a mask using the color of your choice. This is great for getting rid of overscan noise at the top of the video i'm using to create a 16:9 DVD.

My question: I'm looking for the same filter option for the application that I bought, which is TMPGEng DVD Author 3.0. I bought this application because I want to create a custom menu and more for my DVD. So, does DVD Author 3.0 offer a the same resize (and mask) filter? If not, are there plans to add this option? DVD Author would be the complete package for me if this option was available in it.

I am looking to purchase TMPGEng DVD Author 3.0. However, I have experienced several problems in the demo version. I am most frustrated that I am unable to play individual chapters. Once clip 1 starts it goes to clip 2, then 3, etc. No matter what I do it will not go back to the main selection menu. How have you been able to overcome this? Thanks for your response.
Peter

You can't just play one chapter and then have it go back to the menu. What you want to do is make each chapter into a track. Only tracks can have the option of going back to the track menu or top menu after playback is finished.

Also, this only applies to DVD's and not DivX projects. You can change the settings for the menu in the "Global DVD menu settings" or via the Menu Wizard.

Hello,

When a DivX video has been authored,
I understand that it needs a DivX Ultra certifed player
to be able to see/experience the menus.

But, will such an authored video play at all on a non-Ultra player?

or, will it just play like a regular video,
but obviously without menus?

Thanks for answering my beginner question :-)

Yes it will just play the video itself.